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Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of thirteen males and seventeen females from 
Gamadodo, WagaWaga, Hilimoi, and Kana- 
Kope, Milne Bay, Papua. 
Aedes (Finlaya) hollandius King and 
Hoogstraal 1946 
Fig. 36 
Diagnosis. — Very difficult to separate from 
A. nov albit arsis but apparently distinct from 
all other species of Finlaya in the character of 
seta A-VIII, which is dendritically branched. 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 small, 
usually two-forked, occasionally three- to five- 
forked; 2 long, two-forked; 3 long, two-forked 
or simple. 
Fig. 35. Aedes papuensis: dorsal aspect of right 
half of abdomen of female from WagaWaga, Papua. 
Anterothoracic: 4 small, two- or three-forked, 
rarely simple; 5 medium, two-forked; 6 very 
small, usually simple, occasionally two- or three- 
forked near apex; 7 long, two- or three-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 long, about one-half length of the 
trumpet, two- or three-forked, rarely simple. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, two- or three-forked, 
rarely simple. 
Metanotum: 10 medium, two- or three-forked 
near base, rarely simple; 11 long, simple; 12 
medium, three- or four-forked, rarely two- or 
five -forked. 
Trumpet: Funnel-shaped, length about four 
times greatest diameter of meatus; pinna long, 
about one-third of total length; uniformly dark- 
pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h small, stout, sim- 
ple; K long, stout, simple; L small, usually sim- 
ple, occasionally two- or three- forked near apex; 
M small, usually four-forked near middle, occa- 
sionally three- or five-forked; s long, simple; T 
long, usually two-forked near basal one-fourth, 
rarely simple; U small, simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
stout, simple; C long, usually five-branched, 
range from four- to eight-branched; c' small, 
simple spine on this and all following segments; 
1 long, three- or four-forked near base, rarely 
two-forked; 2 long, usually simple, occasionally 
two-forked; 3 medium, usually three-forked 
near base, range from simple to five-forked; 4 
small, two- to five-forked near base, usually 
four-forked; 5 minute, simple on this and all 
following segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
stout, simple; C long, four- or five-branched, 
rarely six; 1 medium, three- or four-forked near 
basal one-fourth, occasionally simple or two- 
forked; 2 small, two- or three-forked near mid- 
dle; 3 represented only by its socket; 4 medium, 
three- or four-forked, rarely five-forked. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
stout, simple; C long, three- or four-branched, 
occasionally two-branched; 1 medium, three- or 
four-forked near basal one-fourth; 2 small, two- 
to four-forked near middle; 3 represented only 
